Publisher's Synopsis
Empowered by his own experiences as a peacemaker with gangs in Los Angeles and Chicago, Rodriguez offers us a unique book, one that speaks of change and progress not from a legislative floor or an ivory tower, but from the trenches, where the laws of the gang rule the community. Through anecdote, interview, quotes fro Lao Tzu, Joseph Campbell and Plato, as well as time-tested guidelines, this book makes a powerful argument for building and supporting grass-roots level, hands-on community life. The book is dedicated to his son, serving a prison sentence for gang-related activity.
